This hammered and turned brass bowl holds six circular medallions depicting figural scenes inlaid in gold, silver, and a black compound. In between each of these medallions is a section of a continuous inscription in muhaqqaq and kufic scripts that includes good wishes to the owner and declarations of the glory of God. Engraved fish and waterfowl on the interior suggest that the bowl may once have been used to hold water.

Inscription: Arabic, in Naskhi script; translation: "Glory to our Lord, the mighty Sultan, ruler of the necks of the peoples, Sultan of Sultans, of the Arabs and the Persians, the learned";
another inscription in Kufic characters across uprights of main inscription; the first word seems to be to the owner so probably the others are good wishes, but I cannot at present decipher them. (HMcA 1943) Inscription scratched on bottom and two pointed medallions with letters. Undeciphered. Probably refer to former owners.

Translation by Yassir al-Tabba (1978):
"Glory to our lord, the great sultan, the possessor of the necks of the nations, the sultan, of the sultans of the Arabs and the Persians, the wise". Over it an illegible Kufic inscription.